Supersuckers at the Gramercy Theatre

Supersuckers was formed in 1988 by high-school friends in Tucson, Arizona. Originally known as The Black Supersuckers (the name inspired by a pornographic novel), the band played the local music club circuit for about a year. Exhausting the circuit, the band relocated to Seattle, Washington, where the local grunge scene was starting to explode globally, and shortened its moniker. After establishing itself as the self-proclaimed "Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World," the band also recorded country music and played country shows under various names, including the Supersuckers. In 2009, the band officially announced a hiatus, after which vocalist/bassist/co-founder Eddie Spaghetti recorded and toured under his own name. Supersuckers regrouped in 2011 and in 2014 released a new album, Get the Hell. Presently, Supersuckers is comprised of Spaghetti (born Edward Carlyle Daly III) on lead vocals and bass, Dan "Thunder" Bolton and "Metal" Marty Chandler on guitars, and "Captain" Christopher "Chango" Von Streicher on drums.

Headlining tonight at the Gramercy Theatre, Supersuckers walked onstage with guitars and a bass that looked like they were made of gold lamé, the shimmering choice fabric of 1950s rock and rollers. The four musicians launched into a high-octane set that reflected the band's 25 years of pedal-to-the-metal roar. The band's standard party-all-the-time lyrics and Spaghetti's rough, snarling vocals often were buried in the mix, but that hardly mattered; the quartet rocked ferociously, and the sonic barrage of loud guitar-heavy punk-fueled rock and roll anthems never relented. Firmly rooted in straight ahead rock and roll, the band played at two speeds, fast and faster. Even Motorhead would have a task keeping up with these guys.

Visit Supersuckers at www.supersuckers.com.